Kjötsúpuhátíð (Hvolsvöllur Meat Soup Festival) - 2025
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Next edition
The 2027 date isn't out yet
Usually held around late August.
Based on 2 past editions
Event Details
- Date & Time
- August 27 - August 31, 2025
- Location
- Hvolsvöllur, Iceland
- Price
- free
About This Event
Kjötsúpuhátíðin fills Hvolsvöllur in the last week of August. Residents decorate their neighbourhoods in assigned colours, soup is served from pots in the streets and the festival begins with a first taste of the festival soup at Stóra-Mörk. The programme includes a family event on the town green, a cultural walk, art studios open to visitors, an evening singalong with fireworks and a ball. Entry to the festival and its events is free, apart from the evening dance, which has an 18+ age limit.
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Organizer
- Rangárþing eystra
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Location
Hvolsvöllur, Iceland
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What's on
The municipality's page announces the annual town festival for 27 to 31 August, warming up on Wednesday 27 August with meat soup at Stóra-Mörk 1 and a full programme from Thursday 28 August until Sunday. The municipality also ran competitions and nominations around the festival. The Facebook page posted the programme and a final-day line-up including a cultural walk led by Ísólfur Gylfi Pálmason.